Eh, womens rowing?

Ok, i dunno if this has been mentioned before, but is it just me or is there only rowing for guys??? im a chick and i would really like to join but i cant really see any womens rowing... AM I BLIND?? someone please correct me.:(

ps, apologies if this thread has been brought up before.

AlanSparrowhawk

yes, there is a female rowing club.

Jonathan

http://www.ladiesboat.tcdlife.ie/

Rorate Caeli

Better known as "the mares".

Peleus

lol ye the mares rowing club are recruiting as always. pink and black stand at freshers week.

IvyTheTerrible

I thought this would be about ladies scrapping in Front Square...is it wrong that I am slightly disappointed?

IvyTheTerrible

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I thought this would be about ladies scrapping in Front Square...is it wrong that I am slightly disappointed?

that would be pretty funny...
ehhh, also; it would be fair t say that i am athletically challenged.:o what kind of things do you do? im pretty confident that i will be able to row well (i have fantastic upper body strength:D) but i lack any actual fitness... im a terrible runner and my legs generally give way after less then 100m. is there still hope for me?
ps. i also have zero self motivation and im prone to giving up on the first try. AND im not exactly on the skinny side of things...:o

Becky_Boo

don't worry about not being self motivated now, once you're sitting at the start line in a boat with 8 other girls you'll be motivated to do it for them as much as for yourself! it's a great sport, definitely give it a go ! keep an eye out for the stand at freshers week.

for-why?

i did it last year, for a while. until i decided i wanted a life back!!! dont get me wrong, its a great sport. but as novices it quickly moved to 7 times training in 6 days, which was hugely time consuming. you do everything; running, ergs, sprints, circuits and weights (special ones upstairs in the gym that regular gym users cannot use. there's air or hydrogen or something in them and thats what you're lifting).

What probably makes it so hard is that you have to hugely build up your strength and fitness before you take to the water, and unfortunately this has to be done in the beauty that is the Irish winter. It's hard, after a long day of college, to motivate yourself to do 10 laps of college park in the rain and freezing cold. Its only after weeks of this you get to actually row and even then its only at weekends in islandbridge, which makes it difficult for those commuting from god knows where or those with jobs and other commitments. I know this level of commitment is probably the same for every sport but it just clearly wasn't for me! I finished with it halfway through the 2nd term, just when they began doing 7am rowing sessions in the pitch dark mornings

It is a great sport and the 8 girls out of 50 who began it stuck with it and are very good and theyve definately got alot out of it. Even those of us who didnt last got alot from it too. I really liked it but I was commuting an hour and a half each way to college so I just didnt have the energy required but do give it a shot. All I found when I did quit was that I hadn't involved myself in anything else, which was a pity, and I then suddenly had alot of free time to fill. Hence when I became a daily regular in the pav!

for-why?

for-why? wrote: »

i did it last year, for a while. until i decided i wanted a life back!!! dont get me wrong, its a great sport. but as novices it quickly moved to 7 times training in 6 days, which was hugely time consuming. you do everything; running, ergs, sprints, circuits and weights (special ones upstairs in the gym that regular gym users cannot use. there's air or hydrogen or something in them and thats what you're lifting).

What probably makes it so hard is that you have to hugely build up your strength and fitness before you take to the water, and unfortunately this has to be done in the beauty that is the Irish winter. It's hard, after a long day of college, to motivate yourself to do 10 laps of college park in the rain and freezing cold. Its only after weeks of this you get to actually row and even then its only at weekends in islandbridge, which makes it difficult for those commuting from god knows where or those with jobs and other commitments. I know this level of commitment is probably the same for every sport but it just clearly wasn't for me! I finished with it halfway through the 2nd term, just when they began doing 7am rowing sessions in the pitch dark mornings

It is a great sport and the 8 girls out of 50 who began it stuck with it and are very good and theyve definately got alot out of it. Even those of us who didnt last got alot from it too. I really liked it but I was commuting an hour and a half each way to college so I just didnt have the energy required but do give it a shot. All I found when I did quit was that I hadn't involved myself in anything else, which was a pity, and I then suddenly had alot of free time to fill. Hence when I became a daily regular in the pav!

Oh jeeze.... I suddenly dont want to do it anymore...:(
Anyone have any suggestions for more "light-hearted" sports?? I have a friend thats in trin that says she wants to go on the climbing wall. Is this actually a sport? it sounds fun, is it as stressful as rowing?:rolleyes:

Epic Tissue

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I thought this would be about ladies scrapping in Front Square...is it wrong that I am slightly disappointed?

Snap

for-why?

[quote=[Deleted User];62169857]Oh jeeze.... I suddenly dont want to do it anymore...:([/quote]

Do give it a shot. Most people who started weren't "sporty" people and you're beginning with people of your own standard so it isn't offputting in that respect. It does end up requiring alot of commitment but everyone did love it, and it was those who had the time to commit that did stick with it in the end. Anyone who left missed it greatly, but just didn't have the time to commit to it.

Rorate Caeli

Join the Ladies' Hockey Club instead. They have more fun and maintain their femininity.

for-why?

Rorate Caeli wrote: »

They have more fun and maintain their femininity.

I'll have you know everyone was very feminine! :P

Becky_Boo

[quote=[Deleted User];62169857]Oh jeeze.... I suddenly dont want to do it anymore...:([/quote]
Give it a chance anyway and see how you get on, there is a social aspect to it too, the nights out were great fun! and as for one's femininity..well and truely still maintained!